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rrr. ornrcn MATH Jlt L. BERRY, OF PORTLAND, MAINE.

PAINT.

Specificationof Letters ?atent.

Application fiii Januar 29, ime; Sex-lei in. 413,147.

I To aZZ whom itmay concern:-

Be it known that I, ARTHUR L. BERRY; a

Patented April 28, recs ror'eg m products'a'rethenground together inthebs once-of the turpentine. I find that citizen of the United States,and'resiclent-oi this produces. e sloteic'olored point which, Portland,in the county of Cumberland and l liowever-,-.1ney' bej chsinged to anydesired State of Maine, have invented new and use- 1 color b in!Improvements in Paints, of which the following is a. specificzition.

This invention relates to a paint specially signed to rovide s. paintWhich-Will tend to preserve ,t e object to which it is applied fromdecay and from destruction from anima lsv and to prevent the adhesion ofany kind of'enirnsl or vegetable life.

'To this end myjnvention consists of a paint composed of armor housgraphite, zinc oxid, copper srsenite an turpentine.

. It eisoconsists in combining end mixing tlicse in themanner andin'about the pro in the manufacture of niy improved aint, taking onegallon as the unit, the ingrer ients are in sboutthe followingproportions; amorphous graphite seventy-six ounces, zinc oxid eightouncescopper arseni'te one ounce, and turpentine eighty-eight ounces.

In the manufacture of my improved paint 1 have found that the bestresultsv are obtained by first grinding the amorphousgrsphi'te and zincoxid in turpentine top post}? consistency. The co per 'ersenite is thendissolved in sufficient or the turpentine to reduce it to a pastyconsistency. The

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While i tits ition of. suitable coloring given the pro ortions which Y pp f seem to producetlie best resu tsj, any reason-Y adapted for use uponvessels and lt'lS deebleyorisltion of these proportions will be; withinthe spirit andsco c of my invention? 'Hsvi'ngithus describe its use Iclaim: 1. A point consisting of emorphous'graph my invention and ite,zinc oxid, copper srsenite and turpentine.-

2. A paint composed of zuno'r'phous graph ite, zincoxid, copper arseniteand turpentine mixed in about the proportion of 76 oz.

graphite, 8 oz. zinc 02nd, 1 oz. arsenite and 88oz. tur entinetotlie'ge-llon and mixed by grindlngt e'grsphite and zinc 0Xl(l inturpensry, 1998. v

ARTHUR L. BERRY. In presence of- MARIAN RICHARDS,

erin the balance of the turpentine, subtit)

